List of 2008 Indian Premier League auctions and personnel signings

This is a list of all auctions and personnel signings for the 2008 Indian Premier League (IPL).

Team Auction The auctions for team ownership were held on 24 January 2008. The base price of each team was set at 50 million. The auction fetched a total amount of 723.59 million against the combined base price of 400 million. Mumbai was the most expensive team, costing over 111.9 million. The auction also led to controversy regarding the conflict of interest with then BCCI secretary N. Srinivasan holding a stake in the Chennai team. TeamCityFranchise Owner(s)Cost(in millions)Royal Challengers Bangalore BangaloreVijay Mallya's United Spirits111.60Chennai Super Kings ChennaiIndia Cements91.00Delhi Daredevils DelhiGMR Group84.00Deccan Chargers HyderabadDeccan Chronicle107.00Rajasthan Royals JaipurEmerging Media-led consortium67.00Kolkata Knight Riders KolkataShah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment75.09Kings XI Punjab MohaliPreity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul and Dabur's Mohit Burman76.00Mumbai Indians MumbaiMukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries111.90

Player's Auction Icon players Icon player was a status given to five players of the Indian Premier League to ensure that top drawer players will represent their respective home city sides, which was important for the league to increase fan support and interest among the locals. The icon players received 15% percent more money than the highest paid player of the team bought in the auction. Initially four icon players were designated but later on the request of Delhi Daredevils, Virender Sehwag's name was added to the list. Deccan Chargers also asked for Icon Player status to be given to VVS Laxman, but he declined the offer in order to allow the franchise to spend more money on other players and still not breach the US$5 million salary cap. NameTeamHighest bid by the team(in thousands)Salary(in thousands) Sachin TendulkarMumbai Indians9751121 Sourav GangulyKolkata Knight Riders9501093 Rahul DravidRoyal Challengers Bangalore9001035 Yuvraj SinghKings XI Punjab9251064 Virender SehwagDelhi Daredevils725834

Auction-1 The first auction was held on 20 February 2008. The total salary cap was set at 5 million with a minimum of 3.3 million to be spend. Players were divided into categories with Category-A, B, C and D representing prominent players. Remaining wicket-keepers, all-rounders, batsmen and bowlers were kept in category-E, F, G and H, respectively. 77 players signed up for auction including 48 foreign players. 75 players were auctioned with Mohammed Yousuf and Ashwell Prince remaining unsold. MS Dhoni was the costliest player at 1.5 million. Andrew Symonds was the most costly foreign player. The unsold players were paid their base price by the BCCI. Jaipur was fined for not reaching the minimum spending of 3 million. No.CategoryNameNationalitySpecialityBase Price(in thousands)TeamAuctioned Price(in thousands) 1AShane Warne AustraliaBowler450Rajasthan Royals450 2AMS Dhoni IndiaWicketkeeper400Chennai Super Kings1500 3AAdam Gilchrist AustraliaWicket keeper300Deccan Chargers700 4AShoaib Akhtar PakistanBowler250Kolkata Knight Riders425 5AMahela Jayawardene Sri LankaBatsman250Kings XI Punjab475 6AMuttiah Muralitharan Sri LankaBowler250Chennai Super Kings600 7BAnil Kumble IndiaBowler250Royal Challengers Bangalore500 8BGlenn McGrath AustraliaBowler350Delhi Daredevils350 9BMohammed Yousuf PakistanBatsman350Unsold 10BHarbhajan Singh IndiaBowler250Mumbai Indians850 11BSanath Jayasuriya Sri LankaAllrounder250Mumbai Indians975 12BKumar Sangakkara Sri LankaWicketkeeper-batsman250Kings XI Punjab700 13CRicky Ponting AustraliaBatsman335Kolkata Knight Riders400 14CBrett Lee AustraliaBowler300Kings XI Punjab900 15CAndrew Symonds AustraliaAllrounder250Deccan Chargers1350 16CMichael Hussey AustraliaBatsman250Chennai Super Kings250 17CDaniel Vettori New ZealandBowler250Delhi Daredevils625 18CMatthew Hayden AustraliaBatsman225Chennai Super Kings375 19CBrendon McCullum New ZealandWicketkeeper175Kolkata Knight Riders700 20CJacob Oram New ZealandAllrounder200Chennai Super Kings675 21DStephen Fleming New ZealandBatsman350Chennai Super Kings350 22DGraeme Smith South AfricaBatsman250Rajasthan Royals250 23DHerschelle Gibbs South AfricaBatsman250Deccan Chargers575 24DChris Gayle West IndiesAllrounder250Kolkata Knight Riders800 25DShoaib Malik PakistanAllrounder300Delhi Daredevils500 26DShahid Afridi PakistanAllrounder225Deccan Chargers675 27DYounis Khan PakistanBatsman225Rajasthan Royals225 28DMohammad Asif PakistanBowler225Delhi Daredevils650 29DJacques Kallis South AfricaAllrounder225Royal Challengers Bangalore900 30DZaheer Khan IndiaBowler200Royal Challengers Bangalore450 31DSreesanth IndiaBowler200Kings XI Punjab625 32EDinesh Karthik IndiaWicketkeeper200Delhi Daredevils525 33EAB de Villiers South AfricaWicketkeeper200Delhi Daredevils300 34EMark Boucher South AfricaWicketkeeper200Royal Challengers Bangalore450 35EParthiv Patel IndiaWicketkeeper150Chennai Super Kings325 36EKamran Akmal PakistanWicketkeeper150Rajasthan Royals150 37ETatenda Taibu ZimbabweWicketkeeper125Kolkata Knight Riders125 38FAlbie Morkel South AfricaAllrounder225Chennai Super Kings675 39FAjit Agarkar IndiaAllrounder200Kolkata Knight Riders350 40FShaun Pollock South AfricaAllrounder200Mumbai Indians550 41FIrfan Pathan IndiaAllrounder200Kings XI Punjab925 42FScott Styris New ZealandAllrounder175Deccan Chargers175 43FFarveez Maharoof Sri LankaAllrounder150Delhi Daredevils225 44FTillakaratne Dilshan Sri LankaAllrounder152Delhi Daredevils250 45FCameron White AustraliaAllrounder100Royal Challengers Bangalore500 46FYusuf Pathan IndiaAllrounder100Rajasthan Royals475 47FJoginder Sharma IndiaAllrounder100Chennai Super Kings225 48GRamnaresh Sarwan West IndiesBatsman225Kings XI Punjab225 49GSimon Katich AustraliaBatsman200Kings XI Punjab200 50GJustin Langer AustraliaBatsman200Rajasthan Royals200 51GGautam Gambhir IndiaBatsman220Delhi Daredevils725 52GRobin Uthappa IndiaBatsman200Mumbai Indians800 53GShivnarine Chanderpaul West IndiesBatsman200Royal Challengers Bangalore200 54GAshwell Prince South AfricaBatsman175Unsold 55GVVS Laxman IndiaBatsman150Deccan Chargers375 56GWasim Jaffer IndiaBatsman150Royal Challengers Bangalore150 57GRohit Sharma IndiaBatsman150Deccan Chargers750 58GLoots Bosman South AfricaBatsman150Mumbai Indians175 59GMohammad Kaif IndiaBatsman125Rajasthan Royals675 60GSuresh Raina IndiaBatsman125Chennai Super Kings650 61GManoj Tiwary IndiaBatsman100Delhi Daredevils675 62GChamara Silva Sri LankaBatsman100Deccan Chargers100 63GDavid Hussey AustraliaBatsman100Kolkata Knight Riders625 64HNathan Bracken AustraliaBowler225Royal Challengers Bangalore325 65HR P Singh IndiaBowler200Deccan Chargers875 66HMurali Kartik IndiaBowler200Kolkata Knight Riders425 67HMakhaya Ntini South AfricaBowler200Chennai Super Kings200 68HLasith Malinga Sri LankaBowler200Mumbai Indians350 69HChaminda Vaas Sri LankaBowler200Deccan Chargers200 70HRamesh Powar IndiaBowler150Kings XI Punjab170 71HUmar Gul PakistanBowler150Kolkata Knight Riders150 72HDale Steyn South AfricaBowler150Royal Challengers Bangalore325 73HDilhara Fernando Sri LankaBowler150Mumbai Indians150 74HIshant Sharma IndiaBowler150Kolkata Knight Riders950 75HPiyush Chawla IndiaBowler125Kings XI Punjab400 76HMunaf Patel IndiaBowler100Rajasthan Royals275 77HNuwan Zoysa Sri LankaBowler100Deccan Chargers110 REC: Players unsold originally but were brought back.

Auction-2 The second IPL auction for foreign players took place in Mumbai on 11 March 2008. 26 players including unsold players from auction-1 signed up for the auction. The base price was set at 50,000. 14 players were sold in the auction. James Hopes was the costliest player at 300,000. Dimitri Mascarenhas became the first English player to sign up for IPL. Mohammed Yousuf again remained unsold in 2nd auction due to continuing dispute with Indian Cricket League. IPL allowed teams to cross 8 foreign players limit. Players sold lower than their signed up price were paid the remaining amount by IPL.

No.NameNationalitySpecialityTeamAuctioned Price(in thousands)1Mohammed Yousuf PakistanBatsmanUnsold 2Morne Morkel South AfricaBowlerRajasthan Royals603Ashwell Prince South AfricaBatsmanMumbai Indians1754Kyle Mills New ZealandBowlerKings XI Punjab1505Mohammad Hafeez PakistanAll-rounderKolkata Knight Riders1006Ross Taylor New ZealandBatsmanRoyal Challengers Bangalore1007Peter Fulton New ZealandBatsmanUnsold8Jamie How New ZealandBatsmanUnsold9Jeetan Patel New ZealandAllrounderUnsold10Chris Martin New ZealandBowlerUnsold11James Franklin New ZealandAllrounderUnsold12Brad Hodge AustraliaAllrounderUnsold13Shane Watson AustraliaAllrounderRajasthan Royals12514Phil Jaques AustraliaBatsmanUnsold15James Hopes AustraliaAllrounderKings XI Punjab30016Brett Geeves AustraliaBowlerDelhi Daredevils5017Luke Pomersbach AustraliaBatsmanKings XI Punjab5018Prasanna Jayawardene Sri LankaWicketkeeperUnsold19Mohammad Ashraful BangladeshBatsmanUnsold20Mashrafe Mortaza BangladeshAllrounderUnsold21Misbah-ul-Haq PakistanBatsmanRoyal Challengers Bangalore12522Salman Butt PakistanBatsmanKolkata Knight Riders10023Yasir Hameed PakistanBatsmanUnsold24Dimitri Mascarenhas EnglandAllrounderRajasthan Royals10025Sohail Tanvir PakistanBowlerRajasthan Royals10026Abdur Razzak BangladeshBowlerRoyal Challengers Bangalore50

Under-19 Draft Along with 2nd Auction, the 15 players from winners of 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup along with Viraj Kadbe were picked upon draft system based upon US National Football League. The franchises were randomly allotted numbers from 1 to 8. The franchise assigned the number 1 got the choice of picking player first and then the second franchise and so on. After eight players were picked, the order of the bidding reversed. Delhi was the first team and chose Pradeep Sangwan. Deccan Chargers passed on both of their drafts. Delhi Daredevils also picked only one of the draft while Chennai Super Kings picked three players. The players with Ranji experience were paid 50,000 and remaining 30,000. NameTeamSalary(in thousands) Pradeep SangwanDelhi Daredevils50 Virat KohliRoyal Challengers Bangalore50 Saurabh TiwaryMumbai Indians50 Taruwar KohliRajasthan Royals30 Siddarth KaulKolkata Knight Riders50 Tanmay SrivastavaKings XI Punjab50 Abhinav MukundChennai Super Kings50 Napoleon EinsteinChennai Super Kings30 Ajitesh ArgalKings XI Punjab50 Iqbal AbdullaKolkata Knight Riders30 R JadejaRajasthan Royals50 Manish PandeyMumbai Indians30 Shreevats GoswamiRoyal Challengers Bangalore30 Perry GoyalUnsold Siva KumarUnsold Viraj KadbeChennai Super Kings30

Player's Signing IPL franchise could sign Indian players at any time. The base price for was fixed at $50,000 for the Ranji Trophy players and $20,000 for those having not played the Ranji Trophy. Franchises had to pick minimum four under-22 Indian players from their designated catchment area in their squad. Praveen Kumar was claimed to be signed by both Delhi and Bangalore franchise, with the player later confirming that he had joined the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The following players were signed before the tournament.